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_W ith. Fences Faith ; in ies: we re we Knock ‘the False & Boost the True 
3 _Motto “ Tell the Truth and shame the devil” 


Vol. ¢ 


No.0 


ganization First 


Province Goes 
Dry as a : Desert 
- But Stony Plain 
Constituentcy... 
‘alittle Damp 


The following are the re- 
turns-of polls received up to 


- Friday morning:—, 


ee Manly 


oo 


“Rose ithall 


md 


. Pine Ridge 


tony Plain +f dry 37 wet 
Hills 7 
oe, 
Warden 
Golden Spik 
efte 
ewassin (artis 
“Stony P.C 
" Bluebe 
PY povumane° “3 
mee hove re 
6 
Holborn 11: 
Stony P. School 6 
Riverview 5 
27 
yolden Rule 3 19 
The above 17 Polls show a 
vote of 211 dry 350 wets . or 
wets in lead 139 votes. - 
Other outside polls reported: 
Entwistle 12 dry 44 wet 
Wabamun 26 43 
Evensburg 10 25 


oo 


In connection with the wee polled, 


inthis constituency it is.of some in- 
terest to note the difference in the last | ! 
political election as to-the number of 
votes polled at each poll which then 
were as follows: ~ : 

Sony-Plain Town 84,Golden Spike 44, 


: Comet 16, Manjy 21, Eosentha) 25, 


Pes 


aly 


' Surely 


Stony Plain Centre 27, Huron 32, 
Inga 26, Smithfield 28, Golden Rule 16 
Riverview, 26, BlueBerry 13, Bright 
. 20, Spruce Grove 36, St;John 21 
Hills 50, Bnochyll, Stony Plain31 
* Sgettinsele 15, Brightwé6od 7,8t; Leon 21 
Holborn 15, Gramania 30, Sandhill 24, 
Tomohawk 28, Burtonville 26, Lake- 
mere 15, Mewassin 38, Pine Ridge 28, 
There are few other polls which we 
have not the record of but by these 
com one can see clearly how 
much the population regards the Li- 
quor in the manner in which they 
peg Aas enc 
he petaree already in it would 


Ri Sa gee of 
Fifteen 


vote 


' derticny OF POLLS 
‘In pies nee list. Dry appears phew fret: i: 
if 82 wet, Acadia 143, 

136, Beaver River 47 

ntre 

1180, Cal- 

Camrose 1885 688 

olm Aad 188, 


ted. | mem 


Need of Local |= 


Farmers 


_. Without: efficient. organiza- 
tion the farmer is up against 
ion every hand. He is 
ae npered when, he: comes to 
sell“ his*farm products, he is 
hampered ‘when he wants to 
Iniy in the cheapest market. 
He cannot demand a fair 
price for his products. but 
must ‘take what the buyer 
wants to give, he cannot buy 
goods without the retailer 
and the middlemen have their 
rake off—on every hand some 
organized“ body have decided 
that he must pay his dues and 
he must either .pay them 


-}go without. 


; As an ‘example: of how even 
Gina ae ee 


farmer to time we quote the 
following paragraph which 
appeared in Monday’s Jour- 
nal: 


“Arf interesting discussion 
arose over complaints received 
through country merchants be- 
cause of an Edmonton retail 
grocer who has been quoting 
farmers wholesale rates for 
groceries. The complaint stated 
that the retail grocer named 
was merely the figure-head of 
a local jobbing house which has 
no travelling salesman _ but 
which is not.averse to picking 
up business on both sides of the 
fence. The matter was placed 
in the hands of a special com- 
miitee with instructions to act 
ih unison with the Retail Mer- 
chant's,association. 


The Edmonton firm refered 


‘to is without doubt “Wilson's 


Grocery” which is patronized 
by many farmers around Ed- 
monton and who have enabled 
many.a farmer'to save a great 
deal of hard earned cash. 
We doubt not but what these 
organized powers of darkness 


will force Wilson into line. 


The only resource that the 
farmer will have is to organize 
more .atrongly and*keep in 
touch Haitlpettie other. 20,000 
rs of the U,F.A. in 
other parts, of this Province 


Hand agitate for the establish- 
‘ment of a Wholesale House 


of our @wneas was talked oyer 
at the last Annual Meeting of 
the U.F.A. in Edmonton. 

In the mean time we must 
buy our stuff in Car oad lots of 
houses outaide 2, 


__ Stony Plain, Plain, Alberta, Sa 


day July 24th, 1915 


_ $1. 


per year 


THE seo News |New G.T. P. Time Table Ethel 


& FARM FUN 
1995 LY 


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1915 
iow [Far sar) 


ér published in 


A Weekly News#*> 
the interest of the man on the land ,to | Tuesda: 


champion his catise, t@ teach co-opelt: 
ation among Fatmrrs & to preach . 
the many truths advocated by 
the members of the U. F. A. 


A. E. Bates, Editor’ 


SIS + A eee cee 
‘Published évery. Saturday morning 


at Stony Plait: Alberta, 22 
miles west of Edionton, Alta, in 
one of the best iliixed-farming 
districts of Weertern Canada. 
* * * 

As yet we have heen unable 
to find out just what that new 
project. the New Marketing 
Association: are. doing by next 
week we'wish to ascertain. just 
what the thin oF 


1S he 
7. ——t 4 


our active all boat it. 


" * * & 

‘Don'Leon Bowser was bora 
A, Peoria Oklahoma, U.S.A. 
Aug-21-1902, die at. Mewas- | 
sin June 19th. 1915. We wish 
to thank our f riendsand neigh- 
bors for the kindness they have 


shown us through the sickness: 


and death of our preciou 
darling Don. he 
Mr. and Mrs. Bowser. 
00° 
Olds 795 302, Peace River 111-79, Pembina 
121 120, Pincher Creeck 383 450, Ponoka 
586 294, Redcliffe 294 355, Red Deer 1221 
481, Ribstone 501 260, Rocky Mountain 
717 1028,  Sedgewick-2149_728, Stettler 
1298 610, Stony Plain 316 388, Sturgeon 
50 103, St:Albert 307-466, St: Paul 23 212 
Taber 2561 1159, . Vegreville 1377 - 916, 
Vermillion 617 252,5. Victoria 894. 1078, 
Wainwright 683 497, Warner 637 282, 
Wetaskiwin 798 408. 
Total 


41,206 25,076, 


Wm. GILBERT of SUNNY BROOK FARM. 
Wins Many Prizes at Calgary Exhibition. 


At Calgary Exhibition Wm 
Gilbert of Sunny Brook Farm 
won First, Second, Third and 
mein sow ionship 

sow. 


Converts 


Few 


PATRONAGE SYSTEM 
ROTTEN 


For many years the good 
leaders of the Liberal party 
have looked to the Geod Lord 
for converts. after each election 
but yet no D.R.O. have ever re-- 
turned one dime of the ill got 
fees that he and his poll elerck 
have gotton for doing nothing 
but watching the ballot box om 
on the fatal day that he as a 
loyal citizen should be anxious 
” 

The ee Farcitue Special | t© do for the honor of the office 
which was here Monday no rathiew!than fleecing the people 
doubt did a great deal of Good out'@f-one large dollar per hour: 

only we were at a logs to know | Every mother’s son of these: D. 

why the good officials did not|®- 0. know that. $8. per day is 
lock it up the whole time they |™ore then just wages but this 
were here and let us look|'s the way that sonsneme™ 


Effective Sunday, June 6th, 1915, the 
following Sime ta table ofth e Grand Trunk 
Pacific railway will prevail until far- 
ther notice, the arrival and gg ee 
trains to and from Stony Plain 
tine as follows: 


Friday, 

Satartay ll “45 

Week-end speci will leave Edmonton 
on Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. 


and guess he had gene's : ’ 
deer hunt as he was ak in pees would 


dence and his exhibit was locked | im thes ‘same manner a we are i | x 40m 


' The Instructions on Horses and cursing the. whole: system and > 
Cattle however Was good and|We trust that the time mays 
by-the large crowd of ladies |©o™me -when mer 1 may open up~- 
who attended the domestic. de-| their eyes and demand that the 
partment and health and dress |P@tronage money paid should 
talks we judge: the ladies were |Come out of the rulling parties 
delighted, pocket and not out of the people 
Paap as a whole. 


Spruce Grove is to have an-| Well may a copy of the Bible 
other Lutheran Church Build-|be placed in the D.R.O.s ballot 
ing soon, we wonder if some of |box as-we are quite confident 
our Towns are never going to|that-both the Returning Officer 
have some Public Libraries «as|and the Poll Clerck need to be 
well as churches some of these|converted fxgpe their sinful. 
wa 

t in books to our mind] takingtas mueh=for “one days 
uld do as much as thousands |labor as they should have for 
Prentt in Churches. four days. f 
To our minds the government 
have been wise in clinging to 
this old English custom but. it 
. |seems a pity that they dontalso 
include a Prayer Book as read- 
ing the Bible without prayer is 
not counted good form in the 


Old Land. 
fou. cannot altoge- 
uhe see for 
temo ‘Sale a 


Championship al was decline 
the best Berkshire sow in Can pri tain a 
ada. The Advocate says she is| 7 


fone of the best ever exhibited oe 


at ey for. both type and 
eavy com- 
le a large 


A few Hundred Dollars | deeds in robbing the people by > *“* 


“Made ii in ‘Canada 


Canada’s Opportunity | is in Her Ability 
to Grapple With Commercial 
Conditions 
(Journa) of Commerte) 

A short while ago, the Journai of 
Sommerce, realizing that the apinions 
of other people would be, not only in- 
teresting to its readers, but also in- 
structive and helpful in bosiness, sent 
out a icrenlar jeiter containing six 
questions, to the more important bus!- 
ness houses in Canada. Since then, a 
great many replies have been publish- 
ed Which have created nearly as much | 
meaty thought as the following, which 
was received from Mr. John I. Brown, 
sales Manager of Gunn, Langlois & 

Company, Limited: 
Dear Sirs, 


Your letter of April 8th, requesting | 
answers to certain questions asked ! 
therein, has heen received and noted. 
Usually very little attention is paid to: 
circular letters of this kind, but inas- 
much as the Journal of Commerce Is | 
playing such. an important part in} 
Canadian industrial conditions today, 
we have noted exch question careful- | 
ly. If our judgment as set forth in 
the answers we give is of any value 
to you, we are glad to be of service. 
ist.—There is.a feeling of optimism 
that is marked, perhaps in a fairly; 
small degree, in the different lines of 
trade; at the same time, there is a! 
marked lack of stability that has al- 
Ways characterized our markets in 
former years. 
2nd.—The. opening ot navigation | 
will not particularly affect our trade, | 
yor in fact any line of business unless | 
it will be possible for Canada to in- 
crease production to such an extent | 
as to permit of a surplus, which would | 
enable us to export. Fraight boats | 
will no doubt be available for any! 
such trade offering, although the ser- 
vice will be much slower than we have | 
been accustomed to of late years; that | 
is, we may have to be satisfied with 
a slower and less efficient service on 
account of the war. 
$rd.—The ‘“Made-in-Canada” move- 
ment is. bound to help some trade, at 
least in a small way. Our judgment, 
however, is that in a very large meas- 
ure, it is a hoax, serving only as | 
blanket to be used by séme manufac- 
turers and dealers to work off inter. | 
jor stock. Canada as a great agricul- | 
tural or manufacturing country will | 
hever benefit by a purely ‘‘Made-in-| 
» Canad ovement un ay a Lime. 4 
aE tite SR nite 
at’ our products wi! nt Mone: 
perfection and efficiency. If the coun- 
try in general is to permanently profit | 
by such a term as “Made-in-Canada,” 
‘here should be some government re- 
itrictions placed_on all export bearing 
this.gtamp. 
4th.—So far as we know, the ‘ ‘Made- | 
n-Canada” is being supported but not} 
oy any means in a_ general way. 
There seems to be a lack of confid- 
ence, caused no doubt, by the fact 
that men have tried to commercialize 
the patriotism of the public to the 
*“Made-in-Canada” movement, This has 
sertainly had a tendency to make the 


j 


thinking public stop and wonder just | 
a move- | 


what their duty is to such’ 
ment, and if loyal support given would 
result in general as well as perman- 
ent profit to all or only to a few. We 
"eel sure thatinvestigation would prove 
our coytention, that in many cases, 
the one word “hoax” could be suhsti- 


| duction 
| materially reduced, 


; forced to spend valuable 


| know how to render value for 


4ed 
| that, the out-of-works must be willing 


|} ada's virgin soil, 
| for proper cultivation, 


Experiment 


jand ability 


| ing surely tells. 


000 WU . 


A GOOD CHEW IN A CLEAN WRAPPER. 


tions have raised wages for unskilled 
|} labor to such a high point. in 
) cities, 
of all help available. 
of farm 


Hence the. pro- 
products has. been | 
With 
work now stopped, our cities are 
time and 
money in. meeting the acute situation 


of their. ynemployed., 


our} 
that it has drained the country | 


extension: | 


In a large meas. | 


ure, these men are spoiled, and do not ! 


asked, Our contention is that upskill- 


labor must reduce its price, and 
’ 


|to go back to the farms and work as 
apprentices for at least one full year. 
Following this, some steps could be 
| taken by the ‘government 
men on available land to develop Can- 


and when prop- 


erly farmed, would place us back on 


wages | 


| gun-carriages of 
j laid with 


; the then. Prince.of 
; the gold gins witu 
in placing | 


7 h | alowed to leave the 
that is only waiting | 


; the basis of am export country, where | 


we rightly belong. 

It is, of course, 
find fault, 
done. 


an easy matter 
particularly after work 
This is not our object. > 
ever, our governments should under- 
take a “Back-to-the-Land campaign, 
jand be Successful in gaining this wwor- 
‘thy and necessary end, they’ should 
endeavor to place sufficient restric- 
tions upon the opening up of new ter- 
ritory, to prevent our virgin soil ..f 
today becoming a. bed of unihanage- 
able weeds tomorrow. Our Prairie 
Provinces show us the need-for such 
precaution peing taken, Farmers 
should not be allowed to own more 
land than they can cultivate properly. 
This can be accomplished by making 
; each one responsible for the spread of | 
noxious weeds from his farm or some | 
such measure. 

We have tried to give you our views 
| as clearly as possible, feeling that the 
Journal of Commerce can do much in 
meeting critical conditions, and inas- 
much as the future success of any. 
movement always depends very large- 
ly on its present policy, we feel that 
you can render special service by se- 
curing the view points or outlook of 
commercials houses, and presenting 
Such to your thinking patronage. In 
your good work, fighting in this way 
the battles of your empire at home, 
we wish you every success. 

Yours faithfully, 
(Sgd.) JOHN I. BROWN, 
Sales Manager, 


is 
If, hew- 


Poultry boca 


Four re to Folt in Order to Se- 
cure Mix gg Production 
Peg production depends “on four! 


| things and if any of these four bé 
absent, maximum egg production need 
not be expected, says a new bulletin 
from Purdue University Agricultural 
Station. 

1—The hen must be bred to lay, 
that ig she must have that invisible 
inheritance that gives her capacity 
to lay. Some people call 
this.“an inborn tendency to lay.” This 
means that the breeding will have 
more influonce than the breed. 

2—The hen must be physically 
strong enough to withstand the drain’ 
of heavy egg production, and the 
chances of disease. She must be able 
to withstand the abuse that man gen- 
erally gives her by making hergn- 
vironments unnatural, be able to lay | 
a large number of eggs when prices 
are high, and produce 
germs when the incubation season ar- 


tuted for “Made-in-Canada.”’ 

There is a need for bigger and bet- 
ter Canadian effort. Canada can and 
should do more, Individual citizens 
can and should do more, but let us 
not trifle with such serious matters. 
More and better products “Made- to-|| 
Standard,” and many slogans could 
mean more to Canadian products 
abroad than “Made-in-Canada,” unless 
some government restrictions were 


placed on the free use of the term by | 


the general public. 

5th.--In, several lines 
ard food products, we have had a 
marked increase over'the same per- 
jod last year, but a decrease is shown 
in our special or higher priced pro- 
ducts. This shows that the general 
public do not always buy thoughtful- | 
ly, but rather base their calculations 
on the supposition that eggs at ‘25c are 
cheaper than eggs at 28c per dozen, 
and bacon at 24c is. cheaper than hac- 
on at 29¢ per Ib. irrespective of the 
food value or service that same will 
render, 

You will at once note the connection 
in the writer’s thought re the neces- 
sity for standardization. This is es- 
sential before the unthinking or un- 


of our gtand- 


guarded against,—‘This is 
good and so much cheaper.” 

6th.—Despite the fact that condi- 
tions are somé@what upset at the pres- 


ent time, Canada’s future opportunity | 


lies in her ability to grapple with her 


commercial conditions now and within | 
There is bound 


the next six months, 
to be an increased demand for food 
producis, These will have to be pro- 
duced before they cau be marketed. 
Much planning and careful prepara- 
tion is necessary to increase produc- 
tion, Before farm production can be 
increased economically, the farmer 
hag got to secure sufficient help- at 
its value, and this he has not been 
able to do during the last few years. 
The greatest reason Why the farmer 
has been able to secure sufficient 
help at its value during recent years 
is that large contractors and corpora- 


W. N. U. 1054 


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| 
j 
! 
edlucated public can buy and be safe-| 
just as} 


rives. Constitutional vigor is of first 
| importance, and though the hen be 
| well-bred, if she has some physical 
| wedkness that is either hidden or ap- 
| parent, the results will be unsatis- 
factory. 

3--The hen must have suitable en- 
vironmental conditions, such as hous- 
| ing, yarding, condition of range, etc. 
|The house is the home of the hen, 
and as .such should be comfortable. 
| Dampness, draft and poor ventilation, 
all retard egg production. A small 
|! yard or bare rauge is not conducive 
| to success. 

4——-The hen makes eggs out of the 
food given. She depends upon it and.) 
must have it in large enough quanti- 
ties to induce rapid growth and large 
production. A hen cannot Jay well 
| on just any food that may be given. 
This has been demonstrated too many 
{times On the farm and at experiment 
| station. 
| Egg production is one of the chief | 
aimg of the poultry raiser, and it is 
for this reason that these four things 
are mentioned. They are given in the 
order of their importance. The 
itself must be the first ¢onsideration, 

From answers to questions sent out 
over the state of Indiana it was seen 
| that the market side of the question 
‘is the most important phase of farm 
| poultry. A few people find it profit- 
able to sell stock and eggs for fancy 
purposes, but the commercial gide is 
by far the most popular with the farm- 
er. Poultry is a side issue on the 
farm and a part of diversified farming, 
; but Geere seems to be a rapidly grow- 
ig@ sentiment to make the hen have 
ls more important position than she 
has had in the past. This is proven by 
the statement that 101 out of 704 
keep poultry as an important means 
of livelihood. 


Breed- | 


bird | 


to | 


| 


| 


hatchable , 


| 


Indian Princess Guns of Pure Gold 
The Gaekwar, of Baroda, the well- 
known Indian Prince, has’ a battery 
of artillery eorsis ting of gold and 
silver guns, 
There. are ‘four 
and two Of silver. The gold guns 
were madé@ jh is7i by an artisan 
of Lakha, Yheeworked on them for 
five years!” They weigh 400, pounds 
Gach, and exceyt. for the steel lining 
are of solid gold. They are mounted on 
carved wood, ove! 
In 1876, when tix 
Bombay to meci 
Wales, he too 
him to salut 
ihat was the only 
they have been 
State of Baroda 


gins, two of geld 


Silver. 


Gaekwar went to 


the Prinee, anc 
occasion on whic! 
Your D: 


ie 
Salvein' Tubes: 
Druggists or M 


Granulated Eyelids, 
Eyes inflamed by expos 
eure to Sun, Bustand Wind 
uickly reli¢ved by Murine 
Remedy. No Smarting, 
mt Eye Comfort, At 


or Book of the Eyé Freeask 
tye Remedy Co,, Chicago 


ene : 
Harrows and Weeds 

There is né beer weed destroyer 
than the hafrows, if they are used} 
at the correct time,) Most 
Will have roti thaf on a moderate- 
| ly firre © tilth,» 
days, the seeds*nf the various atnual 
weeds that have. been lying in the 
pay all appear {o eome up at once 
| With a rush, “and if the land is har- 
| rowed just as these weeds are bhe- 
ginning to appear through the soil, 
millions of them will be destroyed, If 
they are left two or three days be- 
yond the correst time, only a small 
percentage of them Will be actually 
pulled up, as tliey very quickly get 
a& tight hold in the soil, Generally 
speaking, the harrcws are much more’ 
required of grain ‘han the roll, even 
on quite light soils, and it may be 
taken as a rule to be broken. 


FEELS LIKE 
A NEW WOMAN 


E,pinkham’ s Vege- 
Headaches 


and Dizziness. 


Piqua, Ohio.—‘‘I would be very un- 
asada if I failed to give Lydia E. 
Pinkham’s Vegeta- 

ble Compound. the 

/ praise it deserves, 


j at different times 


i failed, and when [ 
hear a woman com- 
plain I always rec- 
ommend it. Last win- 
ter I was attacked 

with a severe cage of organic weakness, 
I had backache, pains in my hips and 
over my kidneys, headache, dizziness, 
Jassitude, had no energy, limbs ached 
and I was always tired. I-was hardly 
able to do my hausework. I had taken 
Lydia E. Pinkifam’s Vegetable Com- 
pound on one o' occasion, and it had 
helped me so I took it again and it has 
built me up, until now I feel like a new 
woman. You have my hearty consent 
to use my name and testimonial in any 
way and I hope it will benefit suffering 
women.’’—Mrs, ORPHA TURNER, 431 S. 
Wayne St., Piqua, Ohio, 


Women who age suffering from those 
distressing ills peculiar to their sex 
should not doubt the ability of Lydia E. 
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to re- 


store their health, 


If you want special advice’ 


| write to Lydia BE, Pinkham Med- 


icine Co., (confidential) :‘Lynn, 

| Mass. Your] will be opened, 
read and answered By a woman 

and held in strict confidence, 


Taube Originated From Indiah Leaf 
The Taube adveplare was inyented 
by an Austrian, 

When. in India he noticed that the 
leaves of the zanonia tree, as they 
fell, floated for a long distance be- 
fore they settled, This he found to 
be due to the pgculiar shape of the 
leaves, and the wings of his aero- 
plane he constructed on a similar 
principle, whilst the body he fin- 
ished in the shape of a dove, 

The German war staff approved 
and imprcved ile ign, and adopt- 
ed it for military use by sheathing 
it in steei and adding to its dove 
shape the vulture’s habits, 


» per Bottle. Murine Eye | 


farmers | 


| 


a, 


‘LUCK 


10 CENTS PER PLUG 


School 3 | of 


To Negleg, Flax 


Agriculture Would. be Great Mistake This Sea. 


Alberta Taking the Lead in Practical 
Work Along Educational Lines 
It has been public propertyet6r some 
lime that the agricultural schools es. 
ablished by the department of agri- 
‘ulture for Alberta are proving an wn- 
jualified success. ‘The most .¢anstic 
ritics of the schei.e have long ago} 
cknowledged that tl “minister of 
zi jeulture was right and they were 
rong. These schools. have accom- 
plished something which aM the aert- 
cultural colleges bave failed ‘to do, 
namely, they have reached the maxi- 
mum number of boys onthe farms and 
| have given them practieal scientific in- 
struction without in any way weaning 
them from,—-the farms They have 
taken hold of the boys and the girls 
who have had such limited opportuni- 
ties of education that they’ could not 
Lave. been admitted to any.college, and 
have made them feel that their practi- 
‘cal knowledge of farm ccaditions was 
an off-set to their ‘eck of book learn- 
ing, and having -seved their self-re- 
| spect in this way, haye stimulated 
| their ambition to add the knowledge 
obtainable from pooks to their prac- 
tical experience. 
In the- carpenter shop of the school 
Olds during the past winter the 


j at 


d after a few gvarm | boys made models .of-the buildings 


| whic *h this summer. will help their 
j fatherg to erect on the home farms. 

The hoy who took a model home with 
him knew not only *how to build a 
large building by that «model, but he 
knew to a foot of lumber and a pound 
of cement the material required and 
what it would cost to build. The great 
beauty of the instruction at these 
| schools is that nothing is attempted 
which a boy may not later do on his 
own farm if he have patience and 
perseverance. 

The girls who attend these schools | 
are not only receiving instruction in 
domestic science, dress making, and 
laundry work, 
exactly the game instruction as the 
boys in poultry raising, horticulture 
and dairying. ; 

While the schools are closed during 
‘the summer, work in connection with 
|Ahe schools py ne means ceases. The 
dairy competition which was carried 
on last year is this year being increas- 
j ed to herds of three cows-instead of in- 
| div iduals, and a very large number of 
students "Pye 
[etitons are Pure b 


successful competit 


} calf, pig or sheep. 

ihe competitions fre open to beth 

| boys and girls, and last year one of 

hthe successful competitors was a girl. 
Another competition that is being | 


: Last year 30 young 


| 


but they are receiving | 


animals were distributed in this: way. | 


carried on is that of growing alfalfa | 


seed, Three prizes + are offered—$2¢ 
$15 and $10—for the best bushel of al: 
falfa seed to be delivered in 1916. Al- 
ready 74 boys have entered this com- 
petition, and they are scattered all 

Alberta: from Cardston 

to Vermilion on the north. None 
of this seed will be grown under irri- 
gation. 

The mone for these prizes was 
donated by several of the large lumber 
companies in Alberta. The head of one 
of these companies, noting how much 
was being said by thaj Bankers’ associ- 
| ation about mixed farming, went to 

the Hon. Duncan Marshall and asked 
him if there was anything that they | 
| could do to help. Mr. Marshall seized | 
the opportunity an:. told the lumber- | 
man that he would like $150 to distri- | 
bute in prizes for the growing of al-} 
falfa seed, 
school divided as above, The lumber- 


| 


on the! 


1 


This would be $50 for each 


man went aWay and came’ back in a | 


few days with the money. While so far 
no girls have entered the competition, 


it is open to them should they wish. to | 


do 80. 


During the summer a number 


of | 


special women institute meetings will | 


be held, and the instructors of domes- 


tic science from tlie different, schools | 
will seek to-bring the advantages of | 


these schools directly home to 
mothers of the province, In addition to 
this. there will be a demonstration 
train which will give special @ttention 


larly in the northern part of the proy- 
ince, 

Alberta is not 
agricultural college, 


to be without 


however. An agri- 


the | 


to the newer lines of railway, particu- | 


its | 


cultural college section of the univers- | 


ity will open next October with a com- 
petent faculty. This will give an op- 
portunity to the boys who wish to. go 
further than the two years’ course of 
the agricultural schools, to obtain ade- 
quate training and obtain, degree. Dr. 
Tory, the head of the university, has 
been very keen-on_this for some time, 
and already a deai of agriculture in 
| the person of BE. A. Ho./es, B.S.A., has 
been selected,Free Press. 


Two Irishmen arranged to figirt a 
duel with. pistols: One of them was 
distinctly stout, ang when he saw his 
lean adversary facing him he raised 
an objection. ‘“Bedad!” he said, “I'm 
twice as big a target ag he is, so | 
ought to stand twice as far away from 
him as he is fr.m me.” 


| Sample 


son 

It coms more that, likely that a 
by- “product of the “Greater Produc: 
tion” movement, ,fostere@’ by the ex- 
pected shortage in as Nonna food 
supply, will be am ac ning of 
the acreage: of flax grown ah ites ‘Year. 
This, of. course,’ will) mean higher 
prices than ever for flaxsced, and big 
profits for the level-headed farmers 
who see and grasp the opportunity. 

Flaxseed is selling now for around 
$1.80 cash; October is quoted at $1.85; 
if seeding reports show.a decrease in 
acreage, prices will doubtless go still 
higher. 

The early seeding nie spring, and 
the fact that under normal conditions 
flax can be sown up to June, and 
grown siccessfully on ney breakirg, 
gives farmers a chance t@ get. busy, 
ater other grains have been sown; 
and get in enough flaxseed to add very 
materially to the year’syprofits. 


We have been training our youth 
merely to be better farmers, but this 
is only half. What.to do with the 
school, the church, thé rural organiza- 
tion, the combiations of trade, the 
highways, thé” architecture, the lib: 
rary, the beauty of the landscape, the 
country store, the rousing of a fine 
community helpfulness to take the 
place of.the old selfish individualism, 
and a®hundred other activities is 
endugh’to fire the imagination and to 
strengthen the arm of any. young 
man or woman,—L, H. Bailey. 


PRE “DENT 


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Union Made 
| FIT, QUALITY and WORKMANSHIF 
OUR MOTTO 
sent your dealer on request 
JR. G. LONG & CO., LIMITED, Toronte 


KEEP THE MEN 
IN GOOD HUMOR 


When Hubby “Lights Up” 
for his after-dinner smoke, be 
sure he has a match whioh 
will give him a steady light, 
first stroke—Ask your Grocer 


- EDDY’S 
“GOLDEN TIP” 
MATCHES 


One of their many Brands 


for 


Our Best Garaiinndar 
Sir Douglas Haiz, commander of 
the first British army, has earned the 
greatest reputation, so far, of any 
British officer engaged in the war— 
Hamilton Herald, 


a 


A western horseman tells of a joc 


| key at Windsor, across the line fron 


Detroit, who was recently indisposed 
“If I don't get rid of this cold soon,’ 
said the, youngster, ‘T’ll be a deac 
one,” 

“Didn't you see Dr. Spinks ag I tok 
you?” asked a friend. 

“No; the sign on the foor said ‘1: 
to 1’ and I wasn't going to monke: 


| with a long shot like that,” 


POR I EAIS! icoteeasaeetnatieeetianiinnaianiias ay nee 4 


. mee . eet cemenene ; : <u ay pedicle Si a 
¥ bs J as Be BR ae et a ee Re. aya . ie ” ie, Tie ate: eet ey . a isn yy © 
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The beautiful sentiment in your 
heart. 
There’s Father, Mother, Sister, 

Baby and Sweetheart— 

A priceless gift for some dear 
freind or relation. 

The old family album harbors 
treasures. 

Why not protect them forever. 

Dont you want to beautify your 
home? 

- These art productions are fit 
for your best room. 

They delight the eye and foster 
precious memories. 

This is a life-time opportunity 
to secure something you have 
often sighed and wished for. 
DON’T HESITATE. 

You are entitled to one of these 


paintings, They are instinct 


with life—thrilling withits mas- 


ter-work eftect--Pretty, charming 
rich and gira 


The coupon with which to secure this chamingly framed and. 


beautiful wonder-art, oil finished portrait painting of your photo- 
graph, snap-shot or tin-type appears elsewhere in this issue. 
LOOK FOR IT! CLIPIT OUT! Mail or send same with THAT 
picture you want copied and framed together with $2.50 and you 
will receive The News for 12 months and your Photograph enlarged 
and framed ready for hanging. 
| cE i nee bmn, a ta eh a 


Richly Framed—-Beautifully Finished 


— rl Photographs Into Portrait Paintings 


You positively cannot secure this 
class of art work elsewhere. 
Even if you could, the cost would 
be at least $5.00. 

FRAMED photographic art re- 
productions, size, 12}x15} inch- 
es, like these, 
before offered. 

— Your FREE choice of either 
Sepia Brown or Black and 
White oiled finished. 


Your FREE. choice of Circassian 

Walnut, mahogany, Mission or 
. Gold Frames. : . 

Individually hand painted, indi- 
vidually boxed. Ready for 
hanging on your walls. 

An everlasting, non-fading me- 
mento—a treasure worth 
possessing. 

Yours is the remarkable chance’ 
to secure a framed, oiled finish 
enlargment and reproduction 
worth not less than $5.00. 

Absolute and unqualified satisfac- 


tion is GUARANTEED 
This is an unusual offer to make * 


were never 


you our friend and constant 
READER. 


SH, FRAMED PORTRAIT PAINTING | 


These portrait paintings.are greatly enlarged and exquisitely 
reproduced; executed by skilled artists—giving same an individu- 
ality possessed by the high priced portraiture work of the select 
Studios. The frames are strongly and artistically made — rich, 
beautiful and harmoniously blend with the high class, hand finished 
art copies of your photograph. 5 


a ae bass aaaha sa sa anaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaasassacaaca ss ARRAY 
Reward $ 10. || Cockshutt Plow Co., THIS | THE CO 
Strayed From Mr Stecyks ies are FOR THOSE ARTISTICLY FRAMED WONDER-ART OILED FINISHED PORBRAST PAINTINGS 
farm in Manly about June ANZEICRNSNG CLIP IT RIGHT NOW—Bring or Mail same to the office of this publication Steed select 
ist. 2 yearling gealdings centre ed PHOTOGRAPH, on the back of which ectly write your 
and one black mare witha 


Jad ald untergeichneter mace 
betannt den Farmer wegen Mta- 
hinerie die was ein farmer 
Notig Hat. Go Bitte ich als 
Untergeichneter alle Mustunft gu 
geben burd) bie Companie was 
oben Angegeigt ift. 


Henry Willie : 


colt about 1 month old. 

_ Mare has a bell on and is 
branded with 33 on should- 
er. Michael Stecyk 


Take Notice — 


The Mare and colt left at 
my barn about 9weeks ago 


by Fred Elefsen of High-||Stony Plain, - Alberta 
vale, for charges of over ES, 
$ 40. will be sold accord- ‘ & 


ing tothe Livery Act if 
settlement is not made. 
Joe Zucht Stony Plain 


H. INGRAM 


Photographift in Stony Plain 
HS ca OFFEN JEDEN TAG 
ie Uufwirtige Photograpbhien wer- 


ARMBRUSTER BROS. 


PROPRIETORS OF 
Stony Plain Planing Mills 
Always Carry a Heavy Stock 


name and address. Please state whether you prefer the beauti- 
ful SEPIA BROWN or BLACK & WHITE OILED FINISH and your 
choice of CIRCASSIAN WALNUT—_MAHMOGANY—MISSION or 
GOLD FRAME. Please remit with coupes the amount mec- 
essary tocover the STUDIO’S cost of individually boxing, clerks, 
shipping and incidental expenses—namely 


: HEREWITH 1S THE AMOUNT OF____ 
AND COUPON TOGETHER WITH MY PHOTOGRAPH WHICH 

I DESIRE ENLARGCD, REPRODUCID AND FRAMED, 121-2 X 851-2 IN. 

ALL COMPLETE, RDADY FOR HANGING, 


MY CHOICE OF ART FINISH 19 IN “eer 


MY CHOICE OF STVLE OF FRAME 805 cccecncensmnnenemasemninmnmenniinnnininies mae 


Server ~eeewwweweww 


W. M. WASHBURN 


AUCTIONEER 


Licensed Auctioneer of|’ 
the Province of Alberta. 


ben auf Beftelung Gemacht 
F. W. LUNDY 


Meue Photographien Kann Sch, 
Wenn Gewiinfdt, von Wten 
Barrister, Solicitor, and 
Notary Public, Ete 


Wbdructen 
Preise Sind Maessig 


Money to Loan 


” Office STONY PLAIN 


of All Kinds of Building Ma- 
terials, Such as—Native and B. 
©, Lumber, Shingles, Lath, Lime, 
Doors and Windows, Woodfibre- 
Plaster, Pottland Cement, Brick, 
Oak-Imitation Wall-Board, Bew- 
ver Board, Comfort Felt, 


Burlap, Building Paper, Mould- 
ings, Turnings and Roofgm. 


at eas.) 
#2 ; / 4 


a ay 


Anyone wishing to buy 
or sell Horses see me. 
| Horses for all purposes 
always listed for sale. 


Address Inga, Alta. Phone 213 


Orders left with Rural News 
will receive attention 


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known strictly high class baking powder 
rade in Canada; selling at a medium price. 


Mekes pure, delicious, healthful biscuits, ° 


It is the only well- 


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On Her Brow 

“Before we married you promised 
me rings and brooches and beads to 
wear.” 

“Well, what of it?” 

“I was just-thinking that the only 
beads I've ever worn since are beads 
of perspiration.” 


ler line was being cut 80 years ago, its 


The Navvy’s Shovel 
The navvy’s shovel, which in this | 
war of entrenchments is mighty as 
the sword, js not without its rom-| 
ance. When the Liverpool-Manchest- | 


occurred to one of the workmen that | 
the heavy square-bladéed. spades then 
in use could be plied more easily if 


Minard’s Liniment used by Physl-|the corners. were rounded off. aot 
clans. suggested this to the contractor, Who | 


scoffed. Clinging to his idea, however- | 


‘She's crazy to get in-to the upper|the navvy induced an ironmonger to 


ten, isn’t she?” 
“Crazy? Why, sho'd 
it on a sleeper!”’ 


- MOTHERS ! 
Don't fall to procure 


MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP 


For Your Children While Teething 


It soothes the Child, Softens the Gums, 

liays the Pain, Dispels Wind Colic, and 
s the Best Remedy for Infantile Diar- 
rhoea. 


TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE 


Ifyou feel ‘oU'T of SORTS’ "RUN DOWN’ ‘GOT the 81,UEs' 

SUFFER from KIDNEY, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEASES, 

CHRONIC WEAKNESS, ULCERS, SKIN ERUPTIONS, PILES, 

write for FREE cio BOUND MEDICAL BUOK ON 

these diseases ani WONDERFUL CURES effected by 

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. Not No2N.3 

R Pl N and decide far 

HE yourself ifitis 

je remedy for YOUROWN ailment. Absolutely FREG 

‘0 ‘follow up circulars. No obligations. Dx. LE CLEKC 

§ MED.Co.HAVERSTOCK RD, HAMPSTEAD LONDON, ENG 

WK WANT TO PROVE THERAPION WILL C¥RE YOU, 
*° 


300 CARLOADS 


Seed and Table Potatoes 
200 CARLOADS BALED HAY 


Prompt Delivery—Reasonable 
Prices. We finance Government 
and Municipal Relief Orders, 

Wir, Phone or Write to 


Wilton Produce Co., 


602 Confederation Life Bidg., 
WINNIPEG. 


“Did you ever see a company of 
women perfectly silent?” 

“Yes, once. Someone had asked 
which of those present was the old- 


pst.” ? 


Minardis Liniment, 
Friend, 


Lumberman’s 


Great Britain has now over a mil- 
lion men in-the field, which is 110 
times the figure of Agincourt; 33 
times that of the Crimea; 25 times 
the Peninsula; 14 times the figure 
ot. the Second Afghan war; and four 
times the tally of 1901. 


Shall It Be. 
arnt 


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liSyour Choice 
Cutlcura Soap 


Shampoos and light dressings 
of Cuticura Ointment clear 
the scalp of dandruff, allay 
itching and irritation, and 


ditions in most cases of pre- 

. mature loss of hair, 

f Samples Free by Mail 
’ pul and Olntment sold throughout the 

heer hee avet 


ew ae mame ap ame amen 


W. NLU! 1054 


’ 


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is taken internally, 


qake Hall's 
|) tlon. 


| 


a. Ee ee 


“promote hair-growing con- 


} the possession of those shovels. 


| make him a dozen spades to his speci- 
even reserve | fication, and persuaded a master to 


give them a trial. Within a week 


came reports of the men fighting for 


An 
agreement was made between contra 3- 
tor, manufacturers and inventor, a 
patent obtained, and the observant 
workman died’ a wealthy man.—Lon- 
don Chronicle. 


8100 REWARD, 8100 
The readers of this paper 


| pleased to learn that there is at | 


one dreaded disease that science has 
been able to cure in all its stages, and | 
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is: 
the only positive cure now. known to | 


the medical fraternity. Catarrh. being a 


constitutional disease, requl - 
tutional treatment, tats Gaterve Gore 
acting direct 
the blood ard mucous surtaces cf te 
system, thereby destroying the founda- 
tlon of the disease and giving the pat- 
jent strength by bullding up the constitu- 
tion and assisting nature In doing its 
worl. The proprietors have ‘so much 
faith In {its curative powers that they 
eed Pg PR Dollars for any case | 
a ails to cu 
Uimovtals re, Send for list of tes- | 
ress F. J, CHENEY & CO. 
ledo, O. Sold ‘by all Druggists,” “i6e, 
Family Pills for conslupa. 


Defective Gasoline 

A farmer, in looking his ;car over 
one day, thrust a lighted match into 
the gasoline tank. The ensuing ex- 
plosion laid him up for several 
wéeks. On the first day that he was 
able to be about he visited the store- 
keeper who had sold him the stuff and 
demanded compensation. 

“Why should I pay you anything?” 
asked the merchant hotly. “It was 
your own fault. You knew it was 
gasoline.” 

“That's all right, but this accident 
was caused by defective gasoline.” 

“Defective gasoline?” 

“Yes, sir, I've been sticking matches 
into gasoline that I'v bought here be- 
fore, and this was the first lot that 
ever acted that way.” 


SAVED BABY’S LIFE ee 


Mrs. Jos. Desrosiers, St. Alphonse, ! 
Que., writes; “I cannot say too much 
in favor of Baby's Own Tablets, as 
they saved my little one’s life. Before 
giving him the Tablets he was greatly 
troubled with worms and was like a 
skeleton and cried day and night. The 
Tablets soon expelled the worms*and 
now baby is the picture of health,” | 
Baby's Own Tablets also break up. 
colds and simple fevers, cure constipa- 
tion and indigestion and make the 
teething period painless. They ‘are 
sola by medicine dealers or by mail 
at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- 
liams’ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 


Canada Born in the Contingents 

Canada’s second contingent is show- 
ing better in its representation of na- 
tive born Canadians. than .the first 
contingent. The Toronto Telegram is 
authority ‘for the statement that of- 
ficers of the second eontingent claim 


that 60 per cent. of their men are 
Canadians. If élils be true, we have 
the followings result: 
First Contingent........ 85% 
Second Contingent,.... 75% 


Third Contingent....... 15% 
This seems to be a reasonable re- 
sult. The Canadian Courier argues 
that the ynattached, adventure-loving 
nglishman rushed into the first con- 
tingent, but there were not so many 

of him for the second and third, 


Do It Now.—Disorders of the diges- 
tive apparatug should be dealt with 
at once before complications arise 
that may be difficult to cope with. 
The surest remedy to this end and 
one that is within reach of all, is 
sarmelee’s Vegetable Pills, the best 
laxative and sedative on the market, 
Do. not delay, but try them now. One 
trial ‘will convince anyone that they 
are the best stomach regulator that 
can be got. 

A traveller on a journey was much 
annoyed’ by a pedantic bore who 
forced himself upon hit and made a 
great parade of his learning. The tra- 
veller bore it as long as he could, and 
at length, looking at him gravely, said; 
“My friend, you and I know all that is 
to known.” ‘ 

“How 1s that?” said the man, pleas. 
ed with what he thought a compliment- 
ary association. “Why,” said the tra. 
veller, “you know everything except 
that you are.a fool, and I know that.” 


THE RURAL NEWS AND FARM FUN 


The New French Army 

The new French forces are in good 
health and spirits, and they have 
learnt much that they did not know 
when the war bégan. ‘Their equip- 
ment is much improved. They are 
amply supplied with officers, and the 
officers, particularly in the higher 
commands, are younger and more vig- 
orous. All the old gencrals at the 
head of large coOmmantis have been 
eliminated, and the average age for 


general officers is ten years lower 
than in August—Londo: News and 
Leader. 

it Will Prevent Uicera Throat 


At the first symptoms of sore throat, 
which presages ulteration and inflam- 
mation, take a spoonful of Dr. 
Thomas’ Eejectric Of], Add a little 
sugar to it to make it palatable. It will 
allay the irritation and prevent the 
ulceration and swellings that are so 
painful. Those whe were periodically 
subject to quinsy have thus made 
themselves immune to attack 


An Irish tenant had unexpectedly 


paid his rent, and the landlord felt 
very grateful. 

“Now, O'Plahefty,” he said, “which | 
would you rather have—a ton of coal 
or a dozen of whiskey?” 

“Ye will have yer joke, 
plied the tenant; “ye know I 
peat.” 


How Zam-Buk 
Cures Skin 
Diseases 


Assoon as applied,Zam-Buk 
Penetrates right té“the very 
root of the disease’and kills 
the cause thereof, The rich 
herbal essences then so stimu- 
late the cells below the surface 
that new ‘healthy tissue is 
formed, which, as it grows, 
forces out the diseased tissue. 
Zam-Bukcures from the bottom 
up. This is the reason that 
sores and skin diseases cured 
by Zam-Buk, do not return. 

Zam-Buk is entirely differ- 
ent from all other ointments. 
It does not contain harsh min- 
erals, or poisonous coloring 
matter. Nor does it contain 
coarse animal fats, which, in a 
short time, go rancid. Zam- 
Buk will keep indefinitcly, 

Many people have beencured 
by Zam-Buk after having suf- 


sorr,” Tre 
burn | 


of dollars trying Various reme- 
diesin vain, If you suffer from 
any skin disease or injury, 
benefit by the expericuces of 
others, Try Zam-Buk first. 
Don't trouble with useless 
remedies... premier Sige 

Zam-Buk is unequalled for 
eczema, piles, pimples, cuts, 
burns, bruises, cold sores, frost 
bites, chapped hands, and all 
skin diseases and injuries, 

We are so convinced that a 
trial of Zam-Buk will prove to 
you its superiority, that we will 
send you a FREE TRIAL box 
on receipt of this article, name 
of paper, and lc. stamp to pay 
return postage. Address Zam- 
Buk Co., Toronto. 


Al) Deuggists and Stores sell 
Zam-Buk at 50c. box 


The Hyphen Explained 


Mrs. Dearborn—You that is 
Mrs. Burke-Martin? 

Mrs. Wabash- es; Burke was her 
name and Martin was her husband's 
name. ‘ 

Mrs, Dearborn—-But why does she 
use the hyphen between the names? | 

Mrs. Wabash-—-To show that she is 
separated from her husband, 


say 


» 

The telephone operators was spend- 
ing the summer holiday granted by a 
benevolent G.P.O.. by the sounding 
sea. On the first morning, however, 
she had occasion to rate the maid of 
the lodgings for real or imagined neg- 
ligence. *‘Why didn’t you call me as I 
told you this morning?” she demanded. 

“T did, miss,” replied the maid, with 
an injured air. “I called out ‘Seven- 
thirty,’ and all you said was, ‘Number 
engaged.’.”’ 


FIND OUT 
The Kind of Food That ,Will Keep 
You Well 
The true.way is to find out what is 
best to eat and drink, and-then cul- 
tivate a taste for those things in- 
stead of poisoning ourselyes with im- 


proper, indigestible food, ete. 
A conservative Eastern woman 
writes: 


“I have used Grape-Nujs § years for 
the young and for the aged; in sick- 
ness and in health; at first following 
directions carefully, later in a variety 
of ways aS my taste and judgment 
suggested, 3 

“But its most special, personal ben-! 
efit has been as a substitute for meat, | 
and seryed dry with cream when 
rheumatic troubles made it important 
for me to change diet. , 

“Served in this way with the addl- 
tion of a cup of hot Postunt and a lit- 
tle fruit it has been uséd gt my 
morning meal for six, months, daring 
which time my health has much im- 
proved, nerves have grown gteadier, 
and a gradual decrea:re in my exces 
sine weight adds greatly to my com- 

ort.” 

Name given by Canadian -Posjum 
Co., Windsor, Ont, Read, “The Road 
to Wellville,” in pigs. “There's a Rea- 
son.” ar 

Ever read the above letter? A new 
one appears from time ip time. They 
are -geniulng, true, and full ef human 
interest, , 


¢ . 


fered vears and spent hundreds 


a eel 


Says Johny Knife, 
“i'm keen life 


me 


for 
No rust for again, 
My heart is right 

My face is bright 

I bathe in 


Old Dutch Cleanser.’’ 


Old Dutch 
Cleanse! 


Largely Business 


Someone should stir up the Can- | 
adian hen and make her realize that 
we are at war, and that every part |: 
of the country should do its best. 
During the last fiscal year Canada 
imported 11,250,000 dozen eggs. The 
éggs came from Great Britain, Hong 
Kong, Japan, New Zealand and the 
United States. It is only a few years 
ago that we were exporting eggs to 
Great Britain. 


“I understand you are going to 
marry that. practical Miss Pepley?" 

“Yes, thank you,’ 

“A love match, of course?” 

“Love and business. It’s the only 
enduring combination. Minerva — fin- 
ishes her course in salesmanship at 
the same time that I finish my course 
in advertising. Then we- call in a 
notary public and a clergyman and 
start a double partnership.” 


Keep Minard’s Liniment In the | lib sietsnriseenicn a spenghs 
house. Whether the corrfbe of old or new 
ena RR | growth, it must yield to Holloway’s 
Aunt Ethel—Well, Béatrice, were} Corn Cure, the simplest and best cure 


you very brave at the dentist's? 
Beatrice—Yes, Auntie, I was. | 
Aunt Ethel—-Then, there’s the halt | 
crown I promised you. And now tell 
me what he did to you. 
Beatrice—He pulled 
Willie's teeth! 


+ offered to the public. 


| “I paid the landlady all the back 
| board I owed before moving into the 
| fraternity house.” 

of| “Ah, I see! You wanted to be well 


out two 
, settled.” 


For Indigestion and Biliousness 


those foes of comfort and well-being, there is one 


family remedy universally regarded as {the best 
corrective of deranged conditions of tha’! organs of 
digestion, Present suffering. is relievefi” promptly, 
and worse sickness prevented by tingely use of 


Are the Right First Aid 


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Is Your Life Insured? Keep Your Policy in Force 


And Increase the Amount as Soon as Possible 
lf You're Not Insured, Make Application Today 


THE EXCELSIOR LIFE INSURANCE CO. 


Head Office, Toronto. 


Qver Four Million Dollarg Assets for Policyholders. 
N.B.—Write. For Memo. Book and Circular: 


It’s ‘what's inside 
the cup that counts, 


THE COUNTRY TOWN CAN HELP 
ITSELF BY FOSTERING RURAL. LIFE 


CAN COUNTRY TOWN BE SAVED FROM DECLINE 


Prof. A. R. Mann, of the New York State College of Aarioslture; 
A Careful Observer, Considers the Problem in the Com- + 


munity Aspect, in an Articte for the Banker-Farmer + 


By country town we mean the rural 
village, town or city that depends 
primarily on its agricultural back- 
ground, that lives largely on the sur- 
rounding country. If is the settlement 
of a few hundred or a few thousand 

ersons, hemmed in on all sides by 
iSrme and reached from all directions 
by roadways that lead out into the 
epen country and over which much of 
fits trade travels. The question of the 


thelr color from the type of farming 
that goes on about it. The interests of 
town and country, while in some meas- 
ure opposite, are essentially one; their 
commercial life is largely one. The 
business interests—the merchant, the 
banker, the manufacturer, and all the 
rest—-must become alert to the neces- 
sity for creating fair and adequate re- 
lations with the land population in 
their own trade area in the interests 


relation of this settlement to its land | of their own greatest ultimate gain, cost lives, hom -s, health and» much 
basis, to its trade area, is now recog- But again, equally important from | besides. Canada’s part in the pro- 
hived ag one of the immediate issues | the country standpoint, is the fact | C688 of payment, through giving: for 
fin country life progress. , that the open country cannot develop | Red Cross work, is mercifully light 

Much of the traditional separation | any substantial and permanent con | and easy, even when all have given to 


between town and country is due to 
what we may call natural causes, re- | 
resulting from the conditions under;about the open country having its 
which the towns have developed. The Lown community life apart from the vil- 
town hag its separate political organi- |lage; but it never will, except for an 
sation, its own government, its own | occasional specially inspired and us- 
enterprises to support by taxation) | ually short-lived example. The farm- 
from within, and it has been interest-,er’s community centre will pe where 
ed mostly in its own development by | he trades; and that is where his com- 
attracting trade, seeking to establish | munity life and spirit will head up. If 
urban industries, and cnrerishing anja school or a church out by the road- 
ambition to become a tbird-clags city. | side is made a real community cen: 
The corporation line has been a/tre, where there is vital community 
boundary between town and country, | life, it will soon find itself surround- 
with the tide of trade flowing from/|ed with stores, blacksmith shop, post 
the country to the town without a | office, houses; and 2 village will have 
counter-balancing movement from the | sprung up. The farmer's community 
town out into the country to develop | life will be found in the place where 
its resources and foster its life. The|he must of necessity go frequently 
resources of the country have built up'|and where he will meet other farm- 
the trade of the town; and the public| ers; and he is too busy to go often 
improvements resulting from this | to a place that is off his beaten path of 
wealth have been largely applied to| trade. We shall have to accept the 
the petterment of the town itself. The | fact that whatever genuine commun- 
material resources of the country,\have | ity exeprience the farmer has he will 
erossed the boundary into the tow; | get at the cross-rozds of his trade, in 

and now for some time the human re-| the town. 
sources, good farmers, have been con- If we accept this as true, then the 
tributed to the upbuilding of the town. | program for the development of town 
Not infrequently they, too, have be-|and country together must include, 
eome town-centered and neglectful of | first of all, better co-operative busi- 
the interests of the farms which gave| ness and commercial relationships; 
them their competence. The farmer | but it must extend beyond these and 
has come to feel that the townsman | must affect the attitude of the schools, 
fs selfish—that he seeks the major! the churches, the libraires, and most 
benefit from a trausaction by fixing ! of all the townspeople themselves. The 
the price both on what the farmer has | farmer must be caused to feel that he 
to sell and on what he has to buy. Of | is part with the town and that his 
eourse this.is true only in part; but| farm is one of the real enterprises 
it is a cause of separation and points | of the community, making its definite 
the way to a needed readgustment for | contribution to the community struc- 
the establishment of cof¥idence. At)ture. The town school will make pro- 
hottom, the separation is \founded on | vision for adequate training for child- 
economic reasons. ren from the farms that naturally cen- 
Director Bailey and othays. have/|tre in the town. .The farmer wilk be 
well said that the solution is}to make attracted to\the town church instead 
the country*town e@t®eal:: ft F ? p> ti 
try life, and to develop onef program | ing of inequality or distinction. ‘The 
for the upbuilding of both/town and | village library will extend itself into 
the country by means of the parcel 


country. The life of the town cannot 
post dr otherwise and become a com- 


Be separated. from the Aife of the 
country, and it will be-imypossible ever | munity-serying libra-y. Plans for ciyic 
to fully energize country-affairs un- |.improvement will treat town and g6un- 
less the towns are considered equally | try as one problem and improvements 
fn the process. The interests of town | will reach out into the country. Farm- 
and country merge and cross. The/|ers and townspeople will work should- 
towns are the crogs-roads of trade, the | er to shoulder in the movement for 
tying centres where the business in- | good roads and for good railroad ser- 
terests of all the farmers in the trade | vice. The country fair, which is us- 

ually held in a town centre and is 


area head up and thus give employ- 

ment to a certain population. Th2/| town controlled, will seek farmers on 
average country town is primarily an | its board of managers, and take on the 
agricultural distributing point, for the | aspect of a real, helpful, stimulating 
distribution of supplies and provisions | country fair. The whole attitude will 
to the farmer on the one hand, and for | change and there will be new incen- 
the shipment, assortment, or manufac- | tives for ‘developmeft in both town 
ture of the farmer’s products, on the | and country, and new plans will be de- 
other. If the farms are thrifty, tha | yeloped. The commercial interests in 
towns are thrifty; if the farms are} the town will find cheir larger service 
unthrifty, the towns are likely to be| in making the town, and all of its in- 
dead. The thrift of the farms is the | stitutions and enterprises, serve to 
soul of the business life of the towns. | open country and the town alike, and 
The country town has no outlet or es-| thus create the confidence on which 
eape except through the country. Its] all good business must depend.—The 
commercial activities largely take} Banker-Farmer. 


munity life apart from a town or vil- 
lage centre, We may say what we will 


eb 99 and told him to stop it. - 
- Der Tag “There are many other shipmast-rs 
Rte who must have heard thht toast drunk 
; : 2 yar.” 
British Captain Heard the Famcus long before the we 


Toast Before the Outbreak of 


‘ War oo» 

Commenting on Admiral von Tir- 
pitz’s indignant denial of the report 
that German g¢pilors ; were -accustom- 
ed to toast “Der Tag,’’ a Hull master 
mariner, in an interview with the Cen- 
tral News Hull correspondent, said: 

“Some time before the war 1 was in 
command of a steamer at Tunis, where 
there were three Germ:in steamers, 
one of which was consigned to the 
same brokers as mine, Consequently 
the captain and I met every morning 
at the office, and 1 found him a cour- 
teous German gailor. 

“One day I walked into the prin- 
cipal cafe for lunch and found there | 
all three German captains on the game 
errand. I was invited to sit down at 
their table, and was introduced to the 
two stranger capteins, with whom [ 
passed a pleasant half hour, 

“Before leaving, one of the Germans 
stood up and drank the toast. in Ger- 
man, the other two joining him. 

“You know what it is, captain?” 
said my German friend, 

“Oh, yes,’ I replied. 
Par. ” 

“He half apologized, und remarking, 
“Well, it ought not to have been drunk 
before you.’ 

“Oh, it doesn't matter,’ I said, ‘Both 
hy and I and our young friend here 
who gave the toast will all be dead be- 
fore that day comes, if it ever does 
come.’ 

“At that the young German captain 
got into a rage and exclaimed: 


The Potato 


Wheat as an Article of 

Staple Food 

Although it is recorded that the po- 
tato (Solanun tuberosum) was used as 
human food more than a thousand 
yearg ago, its culture did not extend 
beyond the boundaries of South Amer- 
ica until about the middle of'the six- 
teenth century. To Sir Walter Raleiga 
is credited the introduction of the po- 
tato into England end in 1586 it was 
definitely known to have been grown 
in Ireland, Since that time the culti- 
vation of this crop has extended ove: 
tlie civilized globe. So great has the 
reliance wpon it become that when 
blight occurred in Burope at various 


It Rivals 


a century, the failure of the crop was 
attended by serious famine condftions. 

The potato has acquirete a positior. 
next-to' wheat, for human consumpticn 
in the annual field crops of the worid 
and enormous quartities are utilized 


Tt ig. WR 
: 4 the of wheat by some two billion bushels. 


000,000 for 


aay. aan < baliste. oo Geel Ee tht din cceiamamccaile OO eee oe TEM, the tal 
’ Fyne Ady 0 Ship's. h oes eigit| “You go home,’ Wered the tal- 
now. We are not the navy we were vont Meee tee my satan Foiieg ‘ented anes to the me er, “and 
Me FOare Aso. a if Gra ; Faney your|tell your boss th ‘t cut a po 
"The older captain stormed at him, watch striking as loud as that! tato for any ones” — 


~ 
© 


(Red 


HELP 


_ to the Farmers 
Help For the Soldiers who Are Wag- 
ing a Great War For 

Justice 


Our country, with its Allies, is wag- 
ing 4 great war for justice, for the 
protection’ of small nations in the en: 
joyment of their righis, for continued 
dnd gtowing freedom, and for the 
maintenance *of it# pledged word of 
honor. Much destruction and desola- 
tion_are being caused. Lives are, be- 
ing lost by the thousand. Canada‘ 
first contingent is now in the thick of 
it. Some will fall sick; many may 
be wounded; some will pay the last 
fii measure of devotion to their 
colintry and its catise. ’ 

The Red Cross Society exists to 
succor the sick and wounded in war. 
The need of Red Cross Service is great 
and growing greater as the war goes 
on. The price of progress towards 
lasting peace is very, very dear. It 


the extent of really feeling it. 
The soldiers and sailors pay 


gle from week to. week. 


idual welfare, comfort and 


cause, 

that they may be upheld. 
Farmers, individyaly 

through their institutes, 


as well 


position to help very greatly. 


Prices of nearly all 
have gone up. 


farm 


and wounded, 


Farmers are generous in sentiment 
their 
hearts and heads point the way. This|matum which was sent to Servia was 
is a case when they do so point clear- 
ly, persuasively and urgently. In this | possible of fulfilment. Austria was anx- 
crisis, in the lives of nations and in 
the lives of stricken soldiers, none can 
pray too much, do too much or give 


and generous in giving when 


too much, 


I appeal to farmers to send 


er's name over it. By 
country well, bring credit 


of you. 


Search of Information 


the 
price exacted by the desolating strug- 
What they 
paid in blood-and dic in sacrifice a 
month ago was not cnougli for them. 
Shall we say it Was enough for us? 
What they are doing and suffering and 
achieving have put Aside, for the time, 
all their thoughts afd plans for indiv- | 


| struggle. 


safety.| many other great financiers. In con- 
They don’t hesitate to establish pre-|versation with Paish as to the dura-!| 
cedents. But they are precedents of|tion of the war, 
heroic sacrifice for our country andits| Sir John French, said: 
for our principles. and ideals|have dug 


as | nel and all Hell cannot get them out.” 
clubs and 
cheese and butter factories, are in a 
Their 
business does not suffer from the war. 
products 
While labor is scarce 
there is time to think of the boys at 
the front and to send the Red Cross 
Society a gift to b@ spent for the sick 


ye, 


AND PREPARATION 


C..w. Barron, of Wall Street Journal, Shows that Economic : 
Reasons were Largely Responsible for the Outbreak of 
Hostilities—Many Problems to be Settled 


“The Germans have at Berlin th? 
most complete bureau of information 
to be found anywhere in the world. 
They know everything and understand 
nothing. They had no measurement 


GERMANY’S INFORMATION 


That was a year ago. Germany's an« 
swer convinced Russia that must 
fight and she began preparing Tor the 
struggle which she knew to be inevit- 
able. Germany, on the other hand, 
in. Germany to gauge the soul of aj had decided that the present was the ; 
nation guch as that of the British em- 'right moment to strike. 


pire,” declared Mr. C. W. Barron, in| 
his address before the Montreal Can-| According to her system of espion-. 
adian club recently. age, the British empire was on the 

Mr. Barron, who is head of the Wall | eve of a breakaip. Ireland ‘was about 
Street Journal, the Boston News) to rebel, Indian was ready to secede, 
Bureau and the Philadelphia News | South Africa was disloyal. while Can- 
Bureau, has had unequalled opportuni- | od be te d ct oo pe i by the Unit- 
ties to get at the real causes of the} pt nditt tes Ps e knew to be in 
titanic struggle now taking place in eta a that th Neg Sie aa but Fee. 
Europe. Through personal contact rity ld b pe Bog vests hae 
with great financiers, world famed | wet neialt white A) ance ‘was weak 
statesmen, and from personal observa-. bag 9 ys Reatpimn oe $ herself had 
tion, he has compiled a wealth of in- rp oe en ir: 4 or years and deemed 
formation regarding the causes of the | {2e Present © opportune moment. 

Mr. Barron, who was a “Germany, declared Mr. Barron, 
member of the London Statist staff Ps ah pba baie. but understood no- 
long before Sir George Paish became | Be oa hich - if measurement in > 
associated with it, has discussed the “4 n M4 re tke G guage the soul es 
war with Sir George, as well as with of a nation like Great Britain. They ‘ ' 
| had no knowledge of the ideals of the 

| Anglo-Saxon race, a government that 
serves the people instead of one which 
rules,” ¢ 

“You would believe the war was 
worth while,” declared Mr. Barron, “if . a 
you saw the rejuvenated France. She f ra 
is a new nation. The frivolous life of 
her people is a thing of the past. You 
would be astonished if you saw Eng- 
doctrine.” | jand being vitalized amd recreated. 

Mr. Barron in the course of his ad-| “This war,” declared Mr. Barron, “will 
dress showed conclusively that econo-| settle some thirty-five or thirty-six ; in. 
mic reasons were very largely re-| Problems, any one of which fs almost >. 
sponsible for the outbreak of hostili-| @8 great as the slavery question which 
ties. Austria was anxious for war| Was settled by the American Civil a 
and merely used the assassination of , War. ee ey. <b 
her Archduke as an excuse, al- “The first great problem is, wheth- 


the latter, quoting 
“The Allies 
themselyes into. a solid 


trench from Switzerland to the Chan- 


“I know,” gaid Mr. Barron, “that Sir 
George is a good churchman, but in 
this instance he vag talking sound 


me 
sums from $1 to $60, during the first 
week of May. Every $50 provides one 
additional hospital bed with the giv- 
r sending me 
about $10,000, you would serve your 
to your- 
selves and make all of us very proud 
For the sake of the wounded 
boys, make*the gift substantial. It will 
be°an investmen?t™tewards the récov- 
ery of some Canadian soldier who 


stood {n our stead that our cause|and myst be continued by Russia.} Journa] of Commerce. 
might be mph elds eaeully your Ee 3 4 
riend, Jas. W. Robertsorm, chairman - | fs i ee 
Red Cross Society @f Ottawa. Germans Need Copper Canada’s Fighting Force a 


King Albert as a Reporter 


Visited United States and Canada in 


though in the last analysis the ulti-| er governments shall serve or rule. 
The sacgedness of treaties and the - | r 
| changed bygthe Kaiser to make it im-)right of small nations to exist as : bg 
such, are ,ome of the other great pro- > iy 
blems which shall be settled by this 
conflict. It may take ten empires and 
terranean. He also showed that a) kingdoms battling to settle the ques- é 
commercial treaty which Germany| tion because Germany has ideas that ae 
forced on Russia during the Russia- | can only be shot away, but the pro- - a 
| Japanese war and under which Russia| blems will be settled. It is in the , 
was forced to accept German goods to} last analysis a conflict between the 
her own disadvantage, was at the bot-| Anglo-Saxon ideal of government and 
tom of the struggle between Germany | that of German “Kultur.” The one is 
and Russia. service, the extending of peace and 
This treaty wa’; to terminate in 1917 | prosperity and the general good of 
and when Russia a short time ago! mankind; the other is, the spread of 
approached Germany in order to sé-| material power and the belief that 
cure an alteration of the conditions | the road to happiness is found making - 
she was emphatically told that the "your neighbor serve you and not in 
treaty was satisfactory to Germany | you serving voir naighbor.”_-Mentreal 


ious to dominate the Balkan States 
and through them the HBastern Medi- 


Shells Are Now Being Gathered and 
Re-used by the Germans | 
long ‘will 5,000,000,000 cart- | 


Dominion is in the Fight to See it 


Through 


How “Our fathers refused to submit to 


times during the past three-quarters of 


in the arts and for stock food. The 
world’s crop of pots toes exceeds that 


When King Albert of Belgium, as 
Prince Albert, put aside his tifle and 
became a newspaper correspondent, 
he travelled a good deal, — visiting 
France, Austria, Britain, Scandinavia 


present one? How much copper ha3 


new cartridges for the infantry rifles 
and machixe guns, and drying band» 


ridges last in a war of the size of the | 


! ; 
Germany on hand from which to make ; of an alien king. 


and the American continent, includ- 
ing Canada. ' i 

n this way the democratic prince 
was able to study the commercial ad- 
vantages of other countries,,as well 
as broadening his views a educat- 
ing his mind, In order that he should 
not be recognized during his expedi- 
tions King Albe:t grew a beard, wore 
glasses, and trimmed his hair in a 
new way. His disguise was so effec- 
tive that many of his countrymen to 
whom he was a familar figure passed 
him without recognition in the var- 
ious towns he visited. 

The royal reporter seriously work- 
ed at the profession he adopted. In 
the United States lie was employed by 
a Minneapolis newspaper at a salary 
of $15 a week. The king’s employers 
wére quite unaware of his identity, 
and when he returned with poor 
“copy” he was as badly hauled over 
the coals as were his less aristocratic 
colleagues. A story is told by his 
conferes of the way he endeavored to 
obtain copy. 

Whilst on a Brooklyn newspaper 
Albert wanted entry into a house 
where a murder had taken place. He 
was stopped by a policeman, who de- 
manded his card. The blue-blooded 
reporter did not happen to have one, 
so the representative of the jaw 
roughly ordered him off, 

A rival reporter who noticed the 
incident afterwards Went up to the 
policeman and said, “Do you know 
that man you were spéaking to wa 
Albert, Prince of the Belgians?’ 
“Well,” answered the unenlightened 
policeman, “Mr. Prince should have 
shown his card, for I’ve never heard 
of that paper.” 

In his reporting days King Albert 
volunteered to write om any subject 
connected with sport, As an all- 

ound athlete he was especially quali- 
ed as an authority _on outdoor 


for the shells of all sizes? Great 
Britain has declared copper contra- 
band of war, and is tryiag to stop its 
going to any port whence it might 
reach Germany. Other things might 


war quits, likewise. The Germans are 
000 rifle cartridges on 
broke out: They probably have 4,000,- 
000 men under arms, possibly more 
They have thousands of machine guns, 
each of which eats up cartridges as 
fast as a whole infantry. battalion. 
Twelve hundred and fifty rounds per 
soldier, excluding the machine guns, 
and the 5,000,000,000 cartridges are 
gone, Without doubt the Germans are 
reduced already to picking up the fired 
cases when it is feasible to do so. 
Trench fighting, is particularly well 


machine gun the ,ejected’ cases are 
thrown so uniformly that a basket 
would catch practically all of them. 
The German cartridge cases are not 
well adapted to being reloaded. The 
American government reloads the 
fired rifle cartridges, and the require- 
ments specify that each case must 
stand 20 such reloadings without split- 
ting or giving away at any spot, Hun- 
dreds of tlousands of fired cartridges 
are reloaded by the United States 
army 
complete loaded cartridges cost 2% 
cents, the-case itself costs nearly 14 


reloading. 


— . 


The cabby regarded the froken- 


did not speak. 
operating on his machine. 
and twisted it, and banged it, and 


| lives to secure these privileges. 


end the war more speedily, but when; 
the supply of copper quits then the | 


reported to have had nearly 5,000,000,- | 
hand when war | 


adapted to this purpose, while from a} 


each year, because while the’ 


cents, a saving of 60 per cent. through 


down taxi wtih a gleam of delight, but 
The chauffetr began 
He turned 


screwed it, but to no avail aid ‘still 
the cabby spoke not. Then the chauf- 


the tyranny of their own kings; their 
sons will not submit to the absolutism 
Our fathers won 
for democracy her earliest and most 
lasting triumphs; they gave their 
It 
their sons are worthy they will freely 
give their lives to preserve them.” 

The above word; of Mr. N. W. 


| Rowell, K.C., summed up his eloquent 


address delivered before the Empire 
Club on “Democracy vy. Militarism.”’ 
After comparing the conflict in Ger-. 
many and Great Britain, the .s er” 
said that it was Oliver Cromwell whe 
settled once and for all inst the 
divine right of kings in : 

“The path of liberty for the Ger- 
man peopie lies in the overthrow of. 
militarism, and the only path of lib- 
erty to us rests in our pressing this 
war.to a glorious conclusion. The 
motherland has .three million men 
under arms, and if we in Canada had a 
proportionate’. number enlisted we 
would have at the present moment 
350,000 to 500,000 men in training. 

“What an inspiration it would be te 
the heroes in the trenches, to the 
mother country and all portions of 
our empire, and to those who are now 
going to the-front, if our government 
were, in addition to all they have 
already said and done, to cable to his 
majesty’s government in Great Bzit- 
ain that we would at once undertake 
to send ‘at least another 100,000 men 
to the front, not to fill gaps, but as a 
new fighting force, as an evidence of 
our appreciation of the sacrifices 
already made, and of our determina- 
tion to help finish the task. If 
our public men of all parties were 
to go through the country and tel) the 
people of Canada the vital stake we 
have in this war What a response the, 
people would make to this appeal 
Canada is in this fight to see it 
through.”’—Toronto Globe. 


Railways In Alberta 
In the province of Alberta there is 


Valuing wheat at one dollar and po- 
tatoes at fifty cenit: per bushel, the 
| world’s crop in 1912 may be set down 
it an approximate worth of $3,800,- 
wheat and $3,000,000,000 
| for potatoes, Last year the figures for 
Canada, for wheat 161,280,000 bushels, 
valued at $196,418,000, and for potatoes 
7 aaa bushels valued at $44,598,- 
000, : 


games. 


a good article. 
of metallurgy, minin, 
motor cars, and av n, 


An easterner 


He can box, fence, ride, shoot, 
and swim. There a@re few subjects 
on which King Albert could not write 
Ite has a knowledge 
shipbuilding, 


}+ had bought a 
heard of his 


feur wiped his brow and the cabby, 
still with the gleam in his eye, crossed 
over, “'Ere,” he exclaimed grimly, 
Holding out his whip: ‘ere yer are, 
mister, ‘it ‘im with this.” 


— 


* An Old guidier etter leaving the Brit- 
ish army wrote to his colonel in the 
following terms: “Sir—After all I've ‘ 
suffered, tell the army to go to hades, 
A week or so-later he received a re- 
ply in the usual official manner; “Sir | Bl 
—Any suggestions or inquiries as to 
the movements of troops must be en- 
tered on Army Form 137, a copy of 
which is enclosed,” ny 

i 


now one mile of railway for every 125 
persons. The province guaranteed 
‘bonds last year for the construction 
of 2,436 miles of railway, of 

there are now completed and in 


NOTICE: 


i To 


PROVINCE R 
OF ALBERTA | 


DEPARTMENT 
OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS 


" NOTICE OF COURT FOR THE 
CONFIRMATION OF RETURNS 
OF UNPAID TAXES 


Notice is hereby given that 
the Judge of the District Court 
has appointed Tuesday, the ith | 
day of September, 1915, at 10| 
o'clock; a.m. for the holding of | 
a Court at the Court House in| 
the Town of St. Albert, for Con-| 
firmation of the Returns of the| 
Unpaid Taxes made under the! 
provisions of Section 91 of the 
Local improvement Act, cover- 
ing the following Local ‘Im- 


provement District, viz: 

_ Large Districts numbers, 492, 
522, 541. 554, 556, 558, 571, 583,,) 
584, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 
607, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 
631, 634, 635, 636, 639, 640, 641, | 
.665, 666, 669, 695, 695, 697, 731, | 
732, 733, 738, 741, 764, 765, 770, | 
771, 796, 797; 825, 828, 829, 857, | 
*1855 1094. 

Small Districts numbers 
520, 544, 548, 549, 550, 551, 
578, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 
581. 

Also for confirmation of the 
Returns of Unpaid Taxes made 
under the provisions of Section 
19 of the School Assessment 
Ordinance by the Secretary- 
Treasurer, of the following 
School Districts viz; 

Numbers 2, 6, 23, 24, 29, 34, 41, 
45, 47, 75, 185, 266, 301, 305, 322, 
324, 345, 381, 384, 386, 400, 418, 
427, 429, 438, 450, 470, 525, 626, 683, 
719, 746,. 749, 774, 847, 850, 881, 
966, 1029, 1067, 1241, 1307, 1319, 
1333, 1358, 1433, 1442, 14438, 1444, 
1476, 1477, 1488, 1490, 1494, 1495, 
1529, 1534, 1564, 1614, 1619, 1632, 
1711, 1738, 1739, 1744, 1766,1771, 
1776,1781,1802,1804,1808,1811,1813 
1815 ,1819, 1833,.1842, 1850, 1851, 
1862, 1888, 1893, 1901, 1903, 1905, 
1910, 1923, 1935, 1942, 1946, 1957, 
1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2013, 2036, 
2037, 2045, 2047, 2051, 2068, 2073, 
2085, 2093, 2109, 2136, 2143, 2149, 
2151, 2190, 2301, 2302, 2325, 2342, 
2346, 2352, 2353, 2402, 2407, 2407, 
2408, 2419, 2432, 2444, 2466, 2500, 
2532, 2534, 2558, 2578, 2669, 2681, 
2696, 2727, 2736, 2750, 2780, 2783, 
2812. 


519, 
552, | 


580, 


| 


Also the Confirmation of the 
Tax Enforcement Returns made 
under the provisions of Seetion 
Il of the Educational Tax Act, 
covering lands located in the 
following Districts; 

Numbers; 492, 519, 520, 
541, 544, 548, 549,550, 551, 
556, 558, 571, 573, 575, 576, 
578, 579, 580, 581, 583, 584, 
602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 
611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 631, 
635, 636, 639, 640, 640, 641, 
666, 669, 695, 695, 697, 731, 
733, 738, 741, 764, 765, 770,- 771, 
796, 797, 825, 828, 829, 855, 857, 
1094, as shown on official map 
prepared by Department of 
Municipal Affairs. 

Dated at Edmonton . this 

i Ninth day of July, 1915, 


522, 
554, 
577, 
601, 
610, 
634, 
665, 
732, 


Jno. Perrie, 
DEPUTY MINISTER OF 
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS 
* * * 


, (Read the News the Only Independent 


“Newspaper published in Stony Plain 
Constituency. The Farmers Paper 


CARL S. BEMBERGER, 
Formerly of Stony Plain, 
Alberta. 
TAKE NOTICE that a Notice 
of Default has been filed by 
Charles A. Bellatti, trhough his 
solicitors, Messrs. Rutherford, 
Jamieson & Grant, under an 


| Agreement dated the 6th. day 


of January, A. D., 1914, cover- 
ing the. South Bast Quarter of 
Section Thirty-one (31), Town- 
ship. Fifty-one (51), Range 
Twenty-seven (27), West of the 
Fourth Meridian, and that the 
said Charles A, Bellatti clams 
payment of the sum of $2450.00, 
and in default of payment: sale 


|or foreclosure and possession. 


AND. TAKE NOTICE that 


you are required to enter an; 


Appearance or file a Defence or 
Demand of Notice in. my office 
at the Court House, Edmonton; 
on or before the 18th. day of 
August, 1915. and that in de- 
fault of your so doing, Judg- 
ment may be given in your 
absence, without further notice 
to you. sited 

This Notice is published pur- 
suant to the Orders of the 
Master in Chambers and the 
Honourable Mr, Justice Hynd- 
man, at Edmonton, dated the 
22nd, day of June, A. D., 1915, 
and the 12th. day of July, A. D. 
1915, respectively” 

Signed “Alex. Taylor” 
Clerk of the Supreme 
Court. 


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Rates: $ 1.50 to $ 2.50 per day 


Highest cash prices paid for 
resh butter, eggs, vegetables 
and poultry: 


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) eekly News 


WHY MOURNFUL 
_MOSES LEFT WET, 
WET WABAMUN 


By Hobo Bard 
Bow Bells Bungalow 


A mournful man with cheeks 
of tan, ° 

Camé weeping into Wabamun, 

And in his hat he had this plan: 


T° dry right up our bonny 
Lake, 
And in 
make; 
To fry the jack fish in his pan, 
And all the white fish quickly 
can, 
And send them to the allied 
troops, 


To make fish balls and oyster 
soups. 


its stead a Desert 


To do this stunt you would not 
guess. 
Old mournful brought a print- 
ing press, 
Some fonts~of type, 
print in sbeet, 
All to reflect his hellish heat. 


news 


His sheet came out and in a 
wink, —- 
It drove all Wabamun strait 
to drink, 
The very air got.soon so dry, 
That even skeeters floating 
by, 
Went in the bar threw down 
their tin, 
And asked to’sip a quart of 
gin. 


Our bonny boats all sprung a 
leak, 
The very frogs began to 
squeek, 
The turtles came ard asked for 
grog, 
AnJd bacon cured right in the 
hog, 
And blew into the door, 
A thing that merry Waba- 
mun 
Had never known before. 


The Lake went down full ten 
degrees, 
All wells dried up and all the 
trees, 
Stood around all charred with 
burnt up leaves, 
The very earth dried up like 
cheese, 
And blew -away upon the 
breeze, 
And things 
Wabamun, 
We're dry up to the knees. 


in wet, wet 


Our Mayor called the Slab of 


trade, 
It was 200 in the shade, 
And something mugt done, 
For things~Had cooked so 
very long f 
Within the scalding sun. 
“We must get rid of this sad 
man, *? 
And his reflecting frying pan, 
The wise old Mayor said, 
Or else soom we humped 
backed will be, 
Just camelg Gn a sandy sea, 
Or salamanders red. 
To move OJd Mournful out 
of towne : 
And Bring again the raindrop 
down, : 
Is simply done my Lads, 
Be good to Moses and his 
press, ; 
Himself and sons you both can 
bless, 
But just withdraw your Adds. 


Z 


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ards 


JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 
Register of Births, Marriages 
and Deaths, 
Fire Insuranee Official Auditor, 
‘STONY PLAIN = ALTA 


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To any tribual Tory, 
His very mother had 
turned, 
From Grit to Tory would 
have learned, 


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1 


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Brandon... §61.80 
57.85 
. 63,45 
60.95 
69,10 


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$66.70 
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Hartney ... 
Neepawa .... 
Swan River 


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Camrose ... «$93.55 - $98.45 
Calgary..... 94,80 99.70 


Toronto 
$56.70 
52,7! 
58.35 
55.85 
64.00 


Toronto 
$88.45 
89.70 


SASKATCHEWAN 
Froin.- “ TO 

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Canore 70.30 = 875,20 
N. Battleford 83,30 * 88,20 
Prince Albert 82.10 87,10 
77.75 
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Saskatehewin 79,20 
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BILL, THE BIBLE & 
THE BALLOT BOX 


By Hobo Bard 
of Bow Bells Bungalow 


The ballot box was brought to 
Bill, 
For he was very Liberal, 
So liberal that within his will, 
He left not dollar, cent or 
mill, 


she 


To tell a sad, sad story. 


So much real grit was in Bill’s 
bones, 
It made a noise like grating 
stones, 
When they 
together, : 
His blood was filled with so 
much flint, 
That oft in rainy weather; 
His flesh took on 
glint, 
His hair got harsh as leather, 
And Bill was so laid up with 
gout, 
He couldn’t even walk about. 


are .ground 


a whitish 


‘Then he would lie at home and 
curse, 
Yes lie about the Tories 
worse, : 
The larder it was raining, 
All pets names in the universe, 
He used in his profaining; 
He called them Devils in dis- 


A gang of greedy grafters, 
And swore at times in terms so 
Wher the election day was 
Tyo those of Liberal tribual, 
With one great family bible. 
‘What! Ho!” cried Bill, and do 
Then straight “hell fire’’ shall 
Bill 
read aloud, 
crowd, 
“If swearing men ain't here 


guise; 
strong, 
billed, 
Surprised was Bill to. find 
they mean, 
be my theme; 
| When opening up his bible, 
allowed, 


A sorded set of silly flies, 
He nearly raised the rafters. 

And the tin boxes sent, 

his filled, 

To make us Liberals preachers? 
To teach all Tory creatures” 
“Thou. shall not swear” 
“Well, well,” said Bill unto the 
I'll sure be up for libel. - 


‘Thou shall not lie” 
“Here! Here!” said Bill, 
They've sent me wrong in- 
structions, 
If men can’t swear and lie 
and kill, 
Without some law’s injunction, 
‘It sure wil, be a bitter pill, 
To all our public functions, 


“If we cant killa Tory vote, 
By swearing in rejections, 

If we cant get that Pary’s goat, 

What good are these elections? 


“I bet he-dad by some mistake 
They've sent the Tory bible, 
I'm sfre no Grit these rules 
ould make, 
I'll bet this book is libel,” 


“Drink. pure port wine for 
stomach’s sake. 
Again Bill redd aloud, 
“That text methinks would 
nearly shake, 
The Dryest in the crowd, 
And all dry Wets it sure would 
make ie 
Them sigh or weep aloud. 


“I guess this is a Liberal book, 
At least in sundry parts, 

I'll take bedad another look, 
Before the polling starts, 


“Let wives keep silent as 
can be,”’ ; 
Says Bill that text sounds 
good to me, 
I'll take this bible home to tea 
And let my wife that good 
verse’ see, 
Of course I'll clip the lousy 
lies from any Tory parts, 
But let me have another go 
Before the side show starts. 
“Aneye for eyeand tooth 
for tooth,” 
That says Bill is Liberal truth, 
And now that I've read and 
my matins said, 
We'll take one drink for 
our inner soul, 
And when the bottle done 
We'll open up the poll. 


* _—— 


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General Delivery., 
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